Managing for Profit

A new tool for controlling soybean aphids

Soybean farmers will soon have another control option for soybean aphids—aphid-resistant soybeans.  The initial resistant trait revolves around the Rag1 gene developed by University of Illinois researchers.  For 2010, Syngenta plans to launch its aphid-management system in up to six soybean varieties with Rag1-based tolerance.  Pioneer and Monsanto are also developing resistant varieties.  Brownfield’s Ken Anderson talks to Matt O’Neal, an entomology professor at Iowa State University.

AUDIO: Matt O’Neal (3 min MP3)